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Devotional Paths to the Divine

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word 'DEVOTION'?

a)

Complete loyalty to the God

b)

Intense love to God

c)

Doing pooja for the God

d)

Visiting the holy places (temples, mosques, gurudwaras, etc)

2.

'The Idea of a Supreme God who could deliver humans from such bondage if approached with devotion (or bhakti)' This is the idea of holy book?

a)

Bhagavad Geeta

b)

Quraan

c)

Guru Granth Sahib

d)

The Jains and Buddhists

3.

Who are the Nayanaars and Alvaars?

a)

Who belive in Shiva and Vishnu (respectively)

b)

Who belive in Vishnu and Shiva (respectively)

c)

Who belive in the principles of Buddhism

d)

None Of These

4.

How many Nayanaars were there?

a)

63

b)

12

c)

42

d)

56

5.

What are Hagiographies?

a)

Religious beliefs of the Jainas

b)

Religious Biographies

c)

One of the laws of the Bhagavad Geeta

d)

None of these

6.

Shankara, one of the most infuential philosophers of India, was born in which state and when?

a)

Tamil Nadu, 8th century

b)

Kerala, 7th century

c)

Kerala, 8th century

d)

Tamil Nadu, 7th century

7.

Ramanuja, was born where and when?

a)

Kerala, 9th century

b)

Karnataka, 10th century

c)

Tamil Nadu, 11th century

d)

None of these

8.

Who initated the Virashaivism movement?

a)

Shankara and Ramanuja

b)

Basavanna and his companions

c)

Alvaars and Nayanaars

9.

When was the Virashaivism movemnt initiated?

a)

Mid 11th century

b)

12th century

c)

Mid 12th century

d)

11th century

10.

Fill in the blanks: From the _____ to the ________ centuries, Maharashtra saw a great number of saint - poets.

a)

12th to the 14th

b)

13th to the 17th

c)

15th to the 17th

d)

None of these

11.

Who was the famous Gujarati saint who said 'They are Vaishnavas who understand the pain of others'

a)

Shankar Mehta

b)

Narsi Patel

c)

Shankar Patel

d)

Narsi Mehta

12.

What did the Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis belive was needed to attain salvation?

a)

meditation on the formless ultimate reality

b)

realisation of oneness

c)

both options 1 and 2

d)

none of these

13.

Sufis were

a)

Devotees

b)

piligrims

c)

muslim mystics

14.

'Islam propogated strict monotheism'. What does monotheism in this line mean?

a)

peace

b)

subbmission to one god

c)

Equality for everyone

d)

none of these

15.

What is Zikr?

a)

chanting the name of lord

b)

chanting the name of a sacred formula

c)

Preaching of equality

16.

What was the tomb of a sufi Saint called?

a)

Khanqahs

b)

dargahs

c)

raqs

d)

samas

17.

Who was Jalaluddin Rumi?

a)

Sufi saint

b)

Sufi poet

18.

In which language was the composition 'Ramacharitmanas' written in?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Hindi

c)

Prakrit

d)

Awadhi

19.

Which of these compositions are the work of Surdas? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Ramacharitamanas

b)

Sursagara

c)

Vinayapatrika

d)

Sahitya Lahari

20.

Mirabai became the disciple of who?

a)

Ravidas

b)

Surdas

c)

Dadu Dayal

21.

Kabir was brought up by which family?

a)

Family of Saints

b)

Family of poets

c)

Family of Muslim weavers

22.

Where was Baba Guru Nanak born?

a)

Kartarpur

b)

Talwandi

c)

Ramdaspur

23.

Martin Luther transalated the Bible into which language?

a)

Latin

b)

German

c)

Greek

d)

Italian

24.

What was the language of poetry Kabir used?

a)

Hindi

b)

Urdu

c)

Persian

d)

None of these

25.

The legacy of of the various kinds of devotion evolved since when?

a)

7th century

b)

8th century

c)

10th century

d)

none of these